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(IV) Samuel Richardson, son of Samuel Richardson (3), born at Woburn, September 15, 1704, died probably in Brookfield, before March 7, 1769. Married Mary ; she was living at the settlement of his estate, May 24, 1770. He appears to have resided in Ex- eter, New Hampshire, and Brookfield, Massa- chusetts. Children, mentioned in the settle- ment of his estate, were: I. Nathan, see for- ward. 2. Joseph, married Priscilla Millinger. 3. Samuel. 4. Ralph. 5. Josiah. 6. Martha. 7. Caroline. 8. Amos. 9. Sybil, married Blake. IO Mary, married Bowditch. II. Olive.
(V) Nathan Richardson, son of Samuel Richardson (4), married (first)., February 16, 1774, Tamsin Upham, born December 26, 1744, died March 2, 1776, daughter of Isaac and Anna (Gilbert) Upham, of Brookfield. Married (second) Mary Belknap, of Stur- bridge; she died January 14, 184I. He was a successful farmer at Brookfield. Children by second wife: I. Nathan, born December 19, 1777, died young. 2. Rebecca, born De- cember 30, 1778, married William Rice, of Brookfield. 3. Nathan, born November 16, 1780, see forward. 4. James Clark, born De- cember 21, 1782, married Betsey Bennett, of Reading. 5. Bernice, born April 9, 1785, married, October 16, 1808, Oliver Harden, of Wilmington. 6. Matilda, born November 30, 1787, married Elisha Thompson. 7. Charles, born June 13, 1790, married Olive Richardson. 8. William, born May 9, 1793, married Alice Cummings, of Charlestown.
(VI) Nathan Richardson, son of Nathan Richardson (5), born at Brookfield, Novem- ber 16, 1780, died at South Reading, now Wakefield, September 17, 1837, aged fifty-six years. Married (first), November 28, 1805, Asenath Rice, born at Brookfield, November II, 1784, died at Reading, September 8, 1820, daughter of Peter and Azubah Rice, of Brook- field ; married (second), September 4, 1821, Betsey Alden, born May 25, 1792, died at Reading, December 5, 1832; married (third), December 4, 1834, Grace (Stearns) Barnard, born January 19, 1790, died November 26, 1872, aged eighty-two years, daughter of Jon- athan and Mary (Bigelow) Stearns, of Waltham, and widow of Jacob Barnard, of
Boston. He was a physician and studied medi- cine with Dr. Kittridge, of Reading. About 1805 he began practice in North Reading, and after several years moved to the present town of Reading. In 1820, having planned to re- move to Cambridge, several of the prominent citizens of South Reading, now Wakefield, un- willing that he should leave the neighborhood, prevailed upon him to remove there, which he accordingly did in 1821. From that time on- ward he became identified with South Reading as one of its most active citizens. Although in the receipt of a generous income he would never present a bill for professional services. He had a very large practice which extended through the New England states, and he erect- ed a private hospital at his own home. His death was very sudden, of apoplexy. Children by first wife, born in Reading: I. Winslow Varnum, born January 23, 1807, died 1825, aged eighteen. 2. Solon Osmond, born July 19, 1809, see forward. 3. Asenath, born Jan- uary 23, 18II. 4. Louisa, born November 6, 1815. 5. Martha, born November 15, 1817, married William Hutchinson. 6. Mary, born October 20, 1819, married Elbridge Sweet- zer. Children by second wife, born at South Reading, now Wakefield: 7. Elizabeth, born May 30, 1822, married Joseph K. Richardson. 8. Warren, born December 1, 1823, married (first), June 9, 1853, Lucy Taylor Hall ; mar- ried (second), August 15, 1859, Mary Ann Hall. 9. Alden B., born September 27, 1825, married, June 18, 1848, Lucy Stetson. IO. Nathan, born July 20, 1827, married, October, 1855, Mary A. Moore. II. Joseph Varnum, born June II, 1829, died April 29, 1833. 12. Tryphosa, born March 19, 1831, married, No- vember 27, 1851, Francis Tufts. 13. Almira, born November 10, 1833, died February 26, 1855.
(VII) Dr. Solon Osmond Richardson, son of Dr. Nathan Richardson (6), born at Read- ing, July 19, 1809, died at Wakefield, August 31, 1873. Married, April 3, 1837, Susan Bar- nard, born September 28, 1818, daughter of Jacob and Grace (Stearns) Barnard, of Bos- ton. He attended the public schools and At- kinson Academy, New Hampshire, and Pink- erton Academy, Derry, New Hampshire. His father's time being taken up with his extensive practice, Solon O. Richardson studied the medical profession at Dartmouth College Medical School, and graduated Doctor of Medicine of that institution November 30, 1831. He entered at once on practice with his father in South Reading. He was for a time assist- ant surgeon of the state prison. Besides his
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home practice he had offices in Salem, Lowell and Boston. His specialties were diseases of the heart, throat and lungs. His father, about 1808, had introduced into his practice a remedy called "Sherry Wine Bitters," and the son made extensive use of the article and ultimate- ly went largely into its manufacture and sale. In this business he prospered so highly that he gave up the extensive practice of his medical profession and devoted all his energies to this branch, which gave him a large fortune which he spent generously, not only for the support of his family, but for the improvement and prosperity of the town. To him Wakefield owes her celebrated military company called the "Richardson Light Guard." At its or- ganization in 1851 he gave the company five hundred dollars, and for years the expenses of the company were borne by him. For one year (1852) he held the office of town treas- urer. In religious belief he was a Universal- ist, and through life a liberal supporter of that society. Children: I. Solon Osmond, born September 9, 1841, see forward. 2. Susan Ella, born August 1, 1849, died August 15, 1851.
(VIII) Solon Osmond Richardson, son of Dr. Solon Osmond Richardson (7), was born at South Reading, now Wakefield, September 9, 1841. Married, October 2, 1862, Abbie M. Foster, who died December 19, 1895, daughter of Daniel and Susan (Patch) Foster, of Troy, New Hampshire. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of his native town and at the Park Latin School in Boston. After his school days he assisted his father in the patent medi- cine business, which he carried on for some time after his father's death. He was also engaged in the sewing machine business under the firm name of Foster & Richardson, having offices in New York and Boston. He is in- terested at present in the Libby Cut Glass Company of Toledo, Ohio, and is one of the directors of the company. He held the office of president of the Wakefield Savings Bank, and is director of the Boston Wharf Com- pany. He has served as selectman, as a mem- ber of the general court, and as treasurer for fourteen years of the Wakefield Universalist church, and is chairman of the board of trus- tees. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mr. Richardson, like his father, has been interested in every good work of the town. He has the respect of all classes of his fellow-citizens for his public spirit and sterling integrity, and he is a worthy repre- sentative of a family which for three genera-
tions has been one of the most prominent in- fluences in building up the town of Wakefield. Children : I. Solon Osmond, born April II, 1864, married, July 17, 1886, Jennie Brown, daughter of J. Augustus Barrett, of Melrose. He was educated in the public schools, and is now general manager and vice-president of the Libby Cut Glass Company of Toledo, Ohio. Children : Solon, Augustus, Ruby May. 2. Dana Foster, born January 27, 1871, married, November 2, 1895, Jessie Thurston, of Toledo, Ohio. He is head buyer for Burley & Com- pany, 120 Wabash 'avenue, Chicago, Illinois, wholesale and retail dealers in china and glass- ware. He resides in Maywood, Illinois. Chil- dren : Dana Thurston, Alice A., Ruby Ethel.
(For early generations see preceding sketch.)
(IV) Thomas Richard-
RICHARDSON son, son of Samuel Richardson (3), born at Woburn, November 19, 1706, died there June 13, 1773, aged sixty-seven ; married first, May 6, 1735, Mary Russell, born October 4, 1712, died January II, 1741-2, aged thirty years, daughter of John and Joanna (Winn) Rus- sell of Woburn; married second, October 18, 1742, Sarah Brooks, born December 25, 1714, died his widow, January 12, 1784, aged sev- enty years, daughter of Jabez and Hephzibah (Cutter) Brooks, of Woburn. He was a farmer, and also carried on the business of a miller, owning a grist mill in the south eastern part of the town. His only child, and by his first wife: Jeduthun Richardson; see for- ward.
(V) Deacon Jeduthun Richardson, son of Thomas Richardson (4), born at Woburn, April 16, 1738, died there October 11, 1815, in his seventy-eighth year (gravestone) ; mar- ried, March 24, 1761, Mary Wright, born Jan- uary 29, 1741, died November 4, 1820, in her eightieth year, daughter of Deacon John and Mary (Locke) Wright, of Woburn. On Sep- tember 6, 1754, he was appointed by the select- men of Woburn to be miller, "in ye stead of his father for ye grist mill which his father Thomas Richardson owneth in said Woburn." He was clerk of Colonel Jonathan Fox's Wo- burn company of militia, which took part in the battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, and performed other service in the Rev- olutionary war, being first lieutenant in Cap- tain Jesse Wyman's Woburn company in 1776, and third lieutenant in Captain Cadwallader Ford's company, Colonel Eleazer Brook's regi-
Schon. Richardson
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ment, 1778. He was a selectman of Woburn 1778-1780, and 1782-1785. He was chosen deacon July 21, 1796, of the First Church of Woburn, which office he held until 1812, when he resigned on account of age. He was a man of excellent character and great respectability. Children: I. Jonathan, born October 13, 1761, married, October 6, 1789, Sarah, daugh- ter of Major Samuel and Sarah (Johnson) Fay, of Woburn; resided in Medford. 2. Mary, born August 17, 1764, married, August 9, 1781, Jonathan Thompson, of Woburn. 3. Sarah, born January 29, 1767, married No- vember 7, 1782, William Fowle, of Woburn. 4. Thomas, born January 27, 1769, died Feb- ruary 22, 1769. 5. Thomas, born March 29, 1770, married first, May 15, 1794, Rebecca, daughter of John and Anna (Wright) Buck- nam, of Stoneham, who died March I, 1829, and married second, April 22, 1830, Mary Lawrence. 6. Samuel, born June 26, 1772, died September 22, 1792. 7. Luther, born August 25, 1774, married August 3, 1803, Sus- anna, daughter of David and Abigail Crafts of Roxbury. He died November 14, 1811, and his widow married second, June 1, 1814, Elisha Hathaway, of Boston. 8. Calvin, born Feb- ruary 5, 1777, see forward. 9. Fanny, born May 20, 1779, married May 9, 1808, John Vining, of Templeton. 10. Pamelia, born July 13, 1782, married June 28, 1804, John Symmes, of Medford. II. Abby, born March 7, 1785, married October 31, 1816, Deacon Oliver Clark, of Tewksbury.
(VI) Deacon Calvin Richardson, son of Deacon Jeduthun Richardson (5), born at Woburn, February 5, 1777, died at Winches- ter, February 26, 1866, at the advanced age of eighty-nine; married February 5, 1800, Sarah Steele, born March 24, 1778, died at . Winchester, September 2, 1855, daughter of James and Susanna Steele, of Stoneham. He resided in that part of Woburn, now Winches- ter, on a part of the original homestead of his first American ancestor, Samuel Richardson (1). He was a deacon of the First Congrega- tional Church at Woburn, 1825 to 1849, and bore the reputation of a worthy man. Chil- dren : I. Calvin, born April 1, 1801,married, April 21, 1825, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of James and Mary (Steele) Wade, of Woburn. 2. Sarah, born September 6, 1804, married April 18, 1826, Samuel Bartlett White, of Wo- burn. 3. Samuel Steele, born July 19, 1806, married first, May 29, 1832, Lydia Abigail, daughter of Asa and Abigail (Eames) Mead, of Bedford; she died near Memphis, Ten- nessee, November 27, 1852, married second,
March 10, 1858, Mrs. Sophia (Cook) Stanton, of Wakefield, New Hampshire. 4. Eliza, born July 17, 1808, married, August 21, 1845, Luke Fowle, of Woburn. 5. Susan, born July 31, 1810, married, September 19, 1831, Frederick Flint, of Woburn. 6. Charlotte, born October 7, 1812, died January 4, 1827. 7. Mary, born May 4, 1814, married November 27, 1833, Luther Richardson Vining, of Woburn. 8. Fanny, born January 18, 1816, married No- vember 12, 1840, Timothy W. Mead, of Wo- burn. 9. John Steele, born February 1I, 1818, see forward. IO. Abigail, born July II, 1820, married May 5, 1841, Artemas Mead.
(VII) John Steele Richardson, son of Dea- con Calvin Richardson (6), born at Woburn, February II, 1818, died at Winchester, April 17, 1888; married, November II, 1840 Lydia Winslow Collamore, born March 21, 1821, died at Winchester, July 8, 1891, daughter of Dr. Anthony and Lydia (Wins- low) Collamore, of Pembroke, Massachusetts. He was educated in the common schools, sup- plemented by a course at the Warren Academy in Woburn. His time previous to his eigh- teenth year was otherwise diverted to work on his father's farm. He began in early life to learn the trade of a shoemaker, and followed that occupation for some time. He traded sub- sequently in shoes, buying large stocks and carrying them to Providence, Rhode Island, where he disposed of them to advantage in ex- change for other goods. He continued in this business for some time after his marriage but left it to buy his father's farm on Washington street, Winchester, and there continued for many years. The farm was a part of the old Richardson place, and contained one hundred forty acres, the north reservoir of the Win- chester water works being on a part of it. In addition to carrying on his farm he traded largely in cattle. In 1863 he went to Jeffer- sonville, Indiana, to conduct a saw mill for his brother Samuel S. Richardson, where he re- mained about two years, and on account of ill health returned to Winchester and later re- sumed farming and trading in cattle in which he was very successful. He sold a large part of his farm to the town of Winchester for the north reservoir. He was a quiet retiring man. He was a member of the Winchester Congre- gational (Orthodox) church. Had held the office of assessor, and was a Republican in politics. Children: I. Lydia Ella, born Au- . gust 8, 1844, died June 26, 1848. 2. John Winslow, born June 15, 1846, see forward. 3. Adaliza, born April 26, 1849, married October 6, 1868, Joseph Stone, Jr., of Winchester ;
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Marion Richardson Stone,
Children : i. born August 9, 1869. ii. Howard Clayton Stone, born February 1, 1871, died March 9, iii. Lucy Vernon Stone, born Decem- ber 3, 1877. 4. Annie Steele, born April 30, 1851, married, October 24, 1877, Ezra T. Kim- ball, of Brockton, Massachusetts ; children : i. Mary Carlton, born September II, 1878, mar- ried April 2, 1902, Fred Alanson Chilton, and have Frederic Kimball, born December 31, 1902, and Constance, born December 16, 1905. ii. Horace Collamore, born March 1, 1881 ; iii. Rufus Winslow, born June 27, 1891, died August 17, 1897. 5. Emma Collamore, born August 15, 1854, married August 1, 1883, A. J. Fisher, of Orange, Massachusetts. 6. Lydia May, born January 25, 1857. 7. Sarah S., born February 8, 1860, died July 19, 1874. 8. Henry Calvin, born December 1, 1864, died young.
(VIII) John Winslow Richardson, son of John Steele Richardson (7), born at Woburn, the part now Winchester, June 15, 1846, mar- ried, January 2, 1872, Rebecca Reeves Burn- ham, born December 8, 1846, daughter of . Richard and Eliza Ann (Hubon) Burnham, of Winchester. He was educated in the common schools and at Warren Academy in Woburn. In 1864, having been early trained in farming and having conducted his father's farm for a year, he joined his father at Jeffersonville, In- diana, where his father was engaged in busi- ness, where he conducted his father's affairs after his father had returned to Winchester, until September, 1866, when he also returned to Massachusetts. He worked subsequently for Matthew Poor, at North Andover, where he remained a year engaged in the provision business. He established himself in the same business in Winchester in September, 1867, and followed that business for twenty-five years. About 1885 he was appointed chief of police for the town of Winchester. About 1892 he ended his connection with the pro- vision business and continued in his office as chief of police until 1897. As an officer of the law he first succeeded in breaking up the il- legal liquor traffic in Winchester, and the town has since been a no license community. On October 1, 1897, he received the appoint- ment of postmaster in Winchester, and has held the position until the present time. He has always been considered a man of strict reliability in the performance of his duties, which are always done with precision and jus- tice. He resides on a part of the old Rich- ardson property, No. 74 Washington street. He has served as a member of the parish com-
mittee of the Winchester First Congregational Church, and has been a member of that church since 1872. He is a Republican in politics, and has served his party as delegate at various county conventions. He is a member of Wil- liam Parkman Lodge of Masons, Winchester ; of Woburn Chapter Royal Arch Masons, being a past high priest ; is financial secretary of the Knights of Honor, Winchester ; was one of the organizers of the New England Order of Pro- tection, and is the financial secretary of Water- field Lodge No. 52 of that order ; is a member of the Calumet Club, and for a number of years its treasurer ; also a member of the New England Postmasters' Association, of the Mid- dlesex Sportsmen's Club, and of the Republi- can Club of Massachusetts. He was a member of the Woburn Phalanx (militia) at one time. Children, all born at Winchester : I. Henry Winslow, born January 20, 1874. 2. Florence May, born May 15, 1876; married, February 22, ' 1908, Fred S. Scales, of Winchester, Massachusetts. 3. Anthony Collamore, born November 14, 1877. 4. Edith Burnham, born March 3, 1881.
(For early generations see preceding sketch)
(II) Joseph Richardson,
RICHARDSON son of Samuel Richard-
son (I), born at Wo- burn, July 27, 1643, died there March 5, 1717-
18. Married, November 5, 1666, Hannah Green, born about 1647, died at Woburn, May 20, 1721, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Green, of Malden. He was admitted a free- man May 15, 1662. He was in active service in King Philip's war, credited as a soldier un- der Lieutenant William Hasey, October 5, 1675; on roll of Major Samuel Appleton's company in the famous Narragansett cam- paign, December, 1675, (Massachusetts Arch- ives, 68:97) credited under Captain (said Ma- jor) Samuel Appleton, for wages, December . IO, 1675; and also as a member of Captain Daniel Henchman's company, wages paid Au- gust 24, 1676. He was at this time as a caval- ryman credited to Woburn in an assignment of wages. He was a selectman of Woburn in 1693-94 and 1702. His will provides liberally for wife Hannah, and that son Joseph shall "find her a horse" and keep it for her use, besides a man or himself to ride before her on Sabbath days, "or where she shall have occasion to go," during her natural life, or during the time she remained the widow of Joseph, Senior. Children: I. Hannah, born October 22, 1667, died September 28, 1736,
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aged sixty-nine years ; married, January 6,
1684-85, Daniel Baldwin, of Woburn. 2. Mary, born March 22, 1668-69, died at Charlestown, October 23, 1748, aged eighty years ; married (first), October 2, 1688, Cap- tain James Fowle, of Woburn, died March 19, 1714, and married (second) Samuel Walker, of Woburn. 3. Elizabeth, born June 28, 1670, died May 2, 1752; married (first), April 12, 1692, Captain John Coggin, of Woburn, died February 16, 1724-25 ; married (second), Feb- ruary 4, 1740, Jacob Wyman, of Woburn. 4. Joseph, see forward. 5. Stephen, born Feb- ruary 7, 1673-74, died February 4, 1751-52; married, November 21, 1695, Bridget Richard- son, of Woburn.
(III) Joseph Richardson, son of Joseph Richardson (2), born at Woburn, May 19, 1672, died there December 5, 1754, aged eighty-two years. Married, October 24, 1693, Mary Blodgett, born September 15, 1673, died March II, 1752, aged seventy-eight years, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Iggleden) Blodgett, of Woburn. Joseph Richardson was known on the tax lists and town records of Woburn as Quartermaster Joseph Richardson, while his father was called Joseph Richardson, Senior. The military office accredited to him was probably in the cavalry. Woburn all through the Colonial and early Provincial period had among its men of military age a large representation for its population in that arm of the service. This was especially so during King Philip's war, when the forces of the New England colonies, engaged in the expedition which terminated in the Narragan- sett fight had but one company or squadron of cavalry in their army, and the troop or squad- ron of horse was commanded by Captain Thomas Prentice of Cambridge, with John Wyman, of Woburn, as ensign and lieutenant and something like twenty Woburn privates under his command. Quartermaster Joseph Richardson was selectman of Woburn 1714 and 1716, and in his will, calling himself a "gentleman," he mentions his son Josiah of Sudbury, his son Charles of Sutton and daugh- ters Mary Baldwin (wife of Henry (2) Henry (I), Hannah Carter, wife of Thomas (3), Thomas (2) Reverend Thomas (I), and Ruth Baldwin, wife of James. (3) Henry (2) Henry (I) ; his sons Reuben and Oliver were his ex- ecutors. Children :
I. Mary, born January 10, 1694-95, died at Shrewsbury, October 25, 1798, in her one one hundred and fourth year ; married (first), May 7, 1717, Henry Baldwin, of Woburn, who died at Pelham, New Hamp -. shire; 1754; married (second) Colonel John
Jones, of Hopkinton, Massachusetts. 2. Han- nah, born August 17, 1697, died September 8, 1778; married, May 21, 1728, Thomas Car- ter, of Woburn. 3. Joseph, born November 8, 1699, died December 7, 1725, aged thirty years ; married Susanna Wyman, of Woburn, who died March 7, 1726. 4. Josiah, born Jan- uary 12, 1701-02, died at Sudbury, August 30, 1770; married, October 23, 1728, Experience Wright, of Sudbury. 5. Reuben, born June 12, 1704, see forward. 6. Oliver, born Au- gust 15, 1706, died April 7, 1795; married (first), July 24, 1726, Lydia Wyman, of Wo- burn, who died October 26, 1754; married (second), March 30, 1756, Eunice Pierce, of Woburn. 7. David, born October 12, 1708, died same day. 8. Samuel, born October 12, 1708, died same day. 9. Charles, born July 27, 1710, died at Ward, now Auburn, August 30, 1783; married (first), February 2; 1737, Mary Roper, of Westford; married (second) Susanna She died his widow, at Ward, August 12, 1808. 10. Ruth, born June 17, 1713, died May 13, 1791 ; married, May 29, 1739, James Baldwin, of Woburn.
(IV) Reuben Richardson, son of Joseph Richardson (3), born at Woburn, June 12, 1704, died at Stoneham, December 22, 1776,. aged seventy-two years. Married, 1726, Esther Wyman, born February 25, 1709, died Febru- ary 8, 1809, aged ninety-nine years eleven months fourteen days, (gravestone), daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Johnson) Wyman, of Woburn. Reuben Richardson lived in Wo- burn until 1734, when he removed to Stone- ham and resided there near Woburn line on the spot afterwards occupied by the house of his descendant, Captain William Richardson. He was constable of Stoneham 1742; "owned the covenant" and was baptized in the Stone- ham church August 5, 1744 ; chosen selectman 1757 and again 1772. His death occurred sud- denly, at the age of seventy-two, but lìis widow survived him more than thirty-two years and died at the house mentioned, then the residence of her son, Thaddeus Richardson, in 1809, having lived one hundred years, wanting one month. As common in the case of persons having a longlived ancestry, the children of this couple, for the most part, lived to an ad- vanced age. Children: 1. Joseph, born Feb- ruary 9, 1727, died at Woburn, July 3. 1823 ; married, at Danvers. 1761, Abigail Felton, who died at Woburn, February 18, 1795, aged fifty-seven years, gravestone. 2. Esther, born April 16, 1729, married, 1751, Francis Leathe, of Woburn. 3. Reuben, born December 22, 1731. died at Woburn, November 16, 1818;
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married (first), March 3, 1757, Jerusha Ken- dall, of Woburn, who died July 28, 1812; mar- ried (second), Susanna 4. Ruth, born May 23, 1733, died March 9, 1808; married, January, 1767, Lieutenant John Geary, of Stoneham. 5. Abel, born October 23, 1736, died May 27, 1831; married, November 26, 1761, Mary Thompson, of Woburn, who died January 16, 1832. 6. Caleb, born October 24, 1738, died at Stoneham, April 4, 1814; mar- ried, July 9, 1767, Sarah Richardson, of Wo- burn, who died at Stoneham, December 3, 1812. 7. Elijah, born May 4, 1741, died at Stoneham, May 20, 1832 ; married, 1773, Ruth Gould, of Stoneham, who died September, 18II. 8. Mary, born August 2, 1743, died at West Cambridge, September 18, 1826; mar- ried (intention dated January 15, 1774) John Swan, of West Cambridge. 9. Jerusha, born June 2, 1745, died at Lexington, November 15, 1833; married (intention dated December 22, 1772) Reuben Locke, of Lexington. IO.
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